“Red Label” liquor bottles worth KD 0.5 mln seized

29/07/2018

KUWAIT CITY, July 29: A total of 393,593 cartons, each with 6,458 imported “Red Label” liquor bottles, worth more than half million dinars were discovered among wood planks inside a container that arrived at Shuwaikh Port from an Asian country in the name of a company.

According to sources, customs officers at Shuwaikh Port suspected the container, which had wood planks. They checked the container and found the “Red Label” liquor bottles between the wood sheets. High-ranking security and customs officers were present at the location. Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of three Asian expatriates who have been referred for investigations.